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T. LARAMIE & J. A. SCOTT. MACHINE FOR WRAPPING SUGAR KISSES.

Patented Apr. 27, 1869.

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2 SheatS- Sheet 24 T. LA RAMIE & J. A; SCOTT. MACHINE FORW'RAPPING SUGARKISSES.

No. 89,319,. PatentedApr 27, 1869.

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THEOPHLIE LARAMIE' ANDJOHN A. SCOTT, OF WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA.

Letters Patent No. 89,319, dated April 27, 1869; mass April 17, 1869,

moms: hon Esme soon-messalho Schedule referred to in these LettersExtent and. mnkingpart ofcamo- Be it vknown that we, Tnnornmn Lsnsmn andJOHN A; S corr,of theoity of Wheeling, in the State of West'Yirgini-a,have invented a oertainnew and useful Improvement on Machines forWrapping Sugar- Kisses and. Making Paper Boxes; and we do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description of."theconstruction and operation of the same, reference. being hadto theaccompanying drawings and to the letters and marks thereon, which saiddrawings form part of this specification, and representa'machincandparts thereof, constructed under our inventiou,

V Figure 1 being atop view of said machine Figure 2,;a side viewthereof; Figure 3, a front view of the machine; and Figures 4, 5,6, 7,8, and 9, views in detail of car tain parts of themacli'lne.

In all of thesefignres, where like parts are shown,

like marks and letters are used to indicate like parts.-

This machine is more specially intended for'wrapping sugar-kisses,.butmay be used for covering or wrapping other articles of the same form andshape as the kiss, or of other shape and form, and may be used forpressing-paper into form forimaking paper boxes, and other likearticles, a former then being used, around which the paper will bepressed, instead ofthe sugar-kiss. 1

, The operative parts-of this machine are'snpported by and attached tosuitable heme-bars, or pieces, 'of

which a b c are vertical, and d, horizontal.

' ,In operation, the paper for forming the cover,"or wrapper, is fedalong, a piece of the proper size cut ofl,'a.nd the kiss beingcarriedforward and over the paper, the two are moved downward, thewrapper turned upon and around the kiss, and then, by the continuedoperation of the' machine, the wrapped, or hovered kiss is deliveredfrom the machine.

A. cross-head,,e, connected, by rods, f, to at upper cross-head, g, isthe first, or main means put in motion. In the machine here represented,this motionis to he made by the hand of the operative. In a ma;ohiuomoved'by motive-power, a cam on the end of a fshaft, at aboutthei'point h, would take the place of the hand, the movcmentrthusproduced by the hand,

or by the cam, being downward, the springs 41 causing theopposite upwardmovement. In machines actuated by motive-power,both of these movementscouldbe produced by-an eccentric on the shaft, instead of the cam.

The paper'is fed onward over the roller j, havingits hearings in thevertical bars 0, and between the rollersk'and I, having their hearingsin the'vertical bars I), this feeding heingproduced by the ratchet m,

on the end of the shaft n ofthe roller 1. and the pawl.

0, on the lever p.

flat spring, under its rear end.

The lever 11 is pivoted on the shaft n. Its upward and downwardmovements are caused by the bar Q,

which is operated by the movements of the cross-heads through theinterposed bar r, attached. to the cross head 9. i

The blank. piece, toforni the wrapper, is out oh by the cutters, whichis, at itsone end, pivoted to the rear side of the cross-beamv t, and,at'its other end, clamped and guided by the spring is, attached to thei'rainevbar a. This cutter is moved downward, tocut, by the vertical bar1:, aiiixed to it, and upward by a The bar 1:. has upon its upper enda'donble-ieced projection, w, and when the cross-head 9 travels down;ward, the curved face of the studs, attached thereto-,

is traversed by-the outer face of the projection w,'so that the cutteris forceddownward, the other face of the stud, at, being traversed bythe inner face of w, on theppper movement of thecross-head.

I The kisses are carried forward under the. presser, vor press-heady, bythe receiver, :2, into the box, or

receiving-part, z, of which they may he fed vby hand,

or by a suitably-constructed hopper.

The receiving-part a" has spring sides, with'both" ends, or only one,lippcd, at g/ for the better holding .in, and, at the proper time, odelivering the kiss, or

rather of allowing it to pass on downwards.

- These spring sides may he, as shown by the drawhigh, a; continuationof the sides of the receiver, or independent flat springs, attachedthereto.

The forward or feeding-movement of this receiver 2 is caused by thespring of, attached toits outer end and to the cross-beam it, while itsbackward move ment is efl'ected by the inclined face w, of the her 1:,

acting on the roller 1t,th'e bar v travelling through the slot in thereceiver, shown by fig. 6 of the drawings.

The ba'r v is attached to the cross-heed g, and moved with and by it. 7v

Both the forward and backward movements of the receiver might beproduced by a vnoitably-faced bar,

'and'thns the spring 2: be dispensed with.

The presser y is afliiged' to a cross bar', t, holes in the ends ofwhich show it to traverse up and down on the rods f.

Springs 8, attached to the bar t" and to the crosshead g, have atendency to draw upward the bar t and the presser.

.-A flat bar, 1*, is so pivoted on the upper side of the cross-head g,controlled-by a spring, 4, on the one hand, and by aninclined-faced-npright, p', and a screw,

a, on the other'hand, that when thecross-head g is at the end of itsupward movement, and for a brief term of its'downward movement, the endof theirs! r is over apart of the head of the presser y, as is shown byfig. 1 of the drawings. By this arrangement of means, the presser, for ashort period of the downward movement of the cross-head, is carrieddownt carrying up the presser, is brought up against the cross-head 9.During this movement ,of the presser downward, the wrapper is turned up,by the sides'of the kiss, and, over the top of the'kiss, the lastniamedturning being effected by the recesses It, fig. 4, and j, fig. 8, thefirst being in the fixed back-plate i', and the second being. in thespring front plate It, the springs g and f of which force the kiss andwrapper under the edges of the recesses' The continued-downward movementof the cross- 7 heads carries the presser down again, the upper part,

or surface of the bar t, then being in contact with the lowersurihce ofthe cross-head g. During this further downward movement, the ends in, ofthe hinged plates of the presser, turn down the upper ends of thewrapper, while the plates 2 are forced down, bringing out their toothedsides, 8, as indicated by thered lines of fig. 8, which press in theedges of the wrapper, and the lower surface of the ends of the wrapper,being in contact with the face of the curved springs b, are also forcedup, so that this further downward movement completes the wrapping of thekiss.

The delivery of the kiss from the machine is caused.

by the downward movement acted upon. A spring, a, restores the plates 2'to the horizontal position, on the upward movement of shown by the blacklines of fig. 8. p

A stud, or pin, at a", on the inner surface of'the prcsser, on the uppermovement, comes in contact with the surface b", of the 0108811382131 t,and prevents the further upward movement of the presser.

In thecompleting movement of the kisses, the springs c" finish thewrapping of the kiss.

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,isv 1. The arrangement of the cross-heads g and c, with the guide-rods fand springs t, and the presser y, with the bar 1, spring q, screw 0',and upright p, for operating the press-er, substantially as hereinrecited.

2. The hinged plates m and 'n, on the end of the presser, as and for thepurposes described.

3; The kiss-receiver herein set forth. 4. The hinged plates 2',constructed and operated as described.

5. Therecessed plates h','in combination with the presser, for thepurposes recited.

6. The arrangement of the springs 37 and d.

This specification signed, this 24th'day of August,

of the kisses subsequently.

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T. LARAMIE. JOHN A. SCOTT. Witnesses:

Wm. Ewme, M.'E. WLNER.

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